Grammar
Revision: present simple
questions and answers
Vocabulary
Happy birthday!
How old are you? How old
is he/she? I’m/He’s/She’s
(six) years old.
Numbers 1 – 10
Revision of colours
Language Analysis
Numbers 1 – 10.
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Checklist
Practising numbers
1– 10 (written and
spoken form)
Asking and
answering How old
are you? How old is
he/she?
Grammar &
Functions
I’m seven years old.
Contents
Aims
Year 2
Lesson 3
4 master
handouts (most
of them for
individual or pairwork)
Colour pencils
Procedure
Warm-up Off the screens
1.
Revise numbers 1– 10 with students.
2.
For stronger groups give out Handout 1, ask students to match the numbers with
the pictures. Number one has been done for the students as an example.
3.
For weaker students give out Handouts 2 and 3. Ask students to draw lines and
match the numbers with the pictures. Number one has been done for the students
as an example.
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Screen 2
Kim: Happy birthday, Jill!
Jill: Thank you, Kim!
Kim: So, Jill. How old are you?
Jill: One, two, three, four, five. I'm five
years old!
Kim: No, you're not.
Jill: Erm ... One, two, three, four, five,
six, seven, eight. I'm eight years old?
Kim: No ... Are you four years old?
Jill: No! I'm three years old!
Kim: One, two, three. There! Three
candles!
Exploit the scene by asking the Ss to describe
what they can see. Then listen and watch the
animation. Ask some questions to check
understanding.
Note: Students can act the story out. After watching the story, pause as appropriate and
ask comprehension questions, e.g. How many candles are there? How old is Jill? What
colour are the candles?
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Screen 3
Audio 1: One
Audio 2: Two
Audio 3: Three
Audio 4: Four
Audio 5: Five
Audio 6: Six
Audio 7: Seven
Audio 8: Eight
Audio 9: Nine
Audio 10: Ten
Key:
See the text above (pictures from left
to right)
Note: The exercise helps familiarise students with the written words for numbers 1-10. If
struggling, help them by drilling numbers 1-10 until they recognise the sounds. The audios
will then help them label the pictures.
Encourage students to chant the numbers as they point to the pictures.
Screen 4
Audio 1: She’s five years old.
Audio 2: He’s six years old.
Audio 3: He’s ten years old.
Audio 4: She’s three years old.
Audio 5: He’s two years old.
Key: (from left to right)
1 True 2 False 3 True 4 True 5 False
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Screen 5
Audio 1: One
Audio 2: Two
Audio 3: Three
Audio 4: Four
Audio 5: Five
Audio 6: Six
Audio 7: Seven
Audio 8: Eight
Audio 9: Nine
Audio 10: Ten
Key: (from left to right)
1 one 2 two 3 three 4 four 5 five
6 six 7 seven 8 eight 9 nine 10 ten
Note: Children should count the candles first before listening to the audio. They can
practise saying He’s/She’s (number) years old.
Screen 6
Audio:
One, two, three, four, five
How old are you?
Six, seven, eight, nine and ten
How old are you?
Are you five?
Are you nine?
How old are you?
Are you seven?
Are you ten?
How old are you?
One, two, three, four, five
How old are you?
Six, seven, eight, nine and ten
How old are you?
Give the Ss these instructions for the ‘Listen and
sing’ activity. The aim is to practise fluency and
vocabulary by singing a song.
1. Listen to the whole song.
2. Watch the animation and join in.
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3. Listen again and sing the whole song
individually, in groups or as a class.
Note: When students have finished the task, they can practise spelling the numbers in
pairs.
Additional activity: Handout 4
1. Give out handouts – individual work.
2. Ask students to colour the present according to the instruction you give:
Colour five presents red.
Colour two presents blue.
Colour one present orange.
Colour four presents green.
Colour three presents yellow.
3. Ask students to show how they have coloured the presents to their classmates to
compare.
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Additional activity: Handout 5
1. Give out individual handouts: Handout 5
2. Ask student to count the candles.
3. Ask students to complete the missing letters.
Key: five, ten, three, eight, seven
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Handout 1
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Handout 2
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Handout 3
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Handout 4
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Handout 5
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